Toba Sōjō
Kakuyū (覚猷) (1053–1140), also known as Toba Sōjō (鳥羽 僧正; Bishop of Toba) in his priesthood, was a Japanese artist-monk, and the son of Minamoto no Takakuni.
Biography
[edit]Kakuyū was a high priest of Tendai Buddhism. He was advanced to sōjō (僧正; "bishop") in 1132 and then dai-sōjō (大僧正; "archbishop") in 1134. In 1138, he became the 48th zasu (座主; "head priest") (the chief of the Tendai school). He is commonly known as Toba Sōjō, because he lived in Shō-kongō'in (証金剛院), a temple funded by the imperial family and located at Toba, Kyoto.
As an artist
[edit]Kakuyū was also an artist proficient in both Buddhist art and satirical cartoon and his work (confirmed to be authentic) includes Fudōmyō'ō-ritsuzō at Daigo-ji, an Important Cultural Property of Japan.[1] Perhaps the most famous one is the picture scroll Chōjū-giga, a National Treasure of Japan and one of the earliest manga—however, this attribution has no proof and may be spurious.[1]
His works are held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art[2] and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.[3]
References
[edit]- Kōjien, 6th edition.
- ^ a b Kokushi Daijiten - Kakuyū
- ^ "In the Style of Toba Sōjō". www.metmuseum.org. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Exchange: Kozan-ji Makimono: Scroll with Animal Caricatures (Hares and Frogs) [facsimile]". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
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